Trees fall on cars from time to time, but an incident in Chattanooga, Tennessee involved someone cutting a tree down, which fell into a road, crushing a car as it drove by. The fire department had to get creative to extract the driver, who miraculously survived without too bad of injuries, considering what the car looks like.
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This is pretty much a nightmare scenario. Why someone cut a tree so it fell into a public road, without blocking off lanes, isn’t clear. Perhaps they thought the tree would fall the other direction or just didn’t think at all.

Whatever the reason, inside that crushed Kia you see in the photos was a mother and her young son. Thankfully, the child was in the backseat and was completely unharmed in the accident. Bystanders were able to get him out no problem.
But the mother was pinned by the tree trunk, which also smashed the windshield and dashboard into her. Firefighters had to prop the tree up using temporary wooden structures that kind of look like Jenga towers, called “cribbing,” so they could then use airbags to have enough room to cut off the Kia’s doors.
Chattanooga Fire Department didn’t say how long the operation took, but it sounds technical and likely lasted for a while. We can’t imagine what was going through the mom’s head while firefighters were working to get her out of the vehicle, not to mention what was going on with the son. Like we said, this is a nightmare scenario.

After all, the timing on this is just incredible. While some might say the woman had bad luck because the car was hit by the falling tree, it could’ve been much worse had it fallen in the middle or back of the vehicle, likely killing her and/or her son.
The woman’s husband commented on the Chattanooga Fire Department’s Facebook post, saying his wife didn’t suffer any major injuries but might need surgery. We hope she makes a full recovery as quickly as possible.
Police are investigating the incident, which happened on January 26, so someone could possibly be facing criminal charges.
Images via Chattanooga Fire Department/Facebook
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